Gene Kelly Awards celebration
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June 13, 2023
Sydney Thomas, Caitlyn Kelley, Gianna Giovannucci and Emma Kelley enjoy a buffet dinner held Monday night by Candelore’s Barking Beauties at the Carriage Inn for the 75 students who participated in El...
Forward Twp. OKs regulations for homes, cars
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June 13, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Forward Township residents will not have to worry about regulations set in the International Property Maintenance Code — but they should familiarize themselves with ...
Write-ins lead to minor election changes
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June 13, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Write-in votes from last month’s primary have been tallied, but they made for only a few changes to the ballots for November’s general election in Westmoreland Co...
Roscoe Sportsmen’s Association to host Vietnam Traveling Wall
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June 13, 2023
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com After more than two years of fundraising, the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, a 3/5 scale of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., will arrive at the Roscoe S...
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June 13, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District announced Monday it will spend more than $2.4 million to protect fish habitats in the Monongahela River.   ...
All smiles at McKeesport Kids Fishing Derby
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June 12, 2023
Caydence Gibson, 8, of Port Vue, smiles while her father, Craig Gibson, holds a catfish that she caught Saturday at the annual McKeesport Kids Fishing Derby at Lake Emilie in Renziehausen Park. The ev...
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June 12, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport council continues to take action regarding city demolitions and property transfers. At last week’s voting meeting, council motioned to seek funding f...
Upgrades continue at Madison Park
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June 12, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The beautification of the newly renamed Anthony Eric Madison Sr. Veterans Memorial Park on Ninth Street in Monessen continues and the mural project has been compl...
McKeesport library hosts World Wide Knit in Public Day
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June 12, 2023
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The sound of the birds in the trees around McKeesport’s Carnegie Library was joined by the clicking of knitting needles and friendly conversation Saturday morning.   To read t...
Audubon Society launches new bird-friendly project
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June 12, 2023
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI On Friday morning, the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania invited nature lovers to McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park for the kick off of a new Mon Valley Bird-Friendly Commu...
Valedictorian is a family tradition for the Rices
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June 10, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Rice family in Monessen has found the recipe for raising successful, happy, well-rounded kids, and the proof was on display at the Class of 2023 graduation ce...
Alta Vista bench honors memory of Lue Ann Pawlick
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June 10, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Lue Ann Pawlick had a long list of best friends.   A group of her family members, colleagues and close friends gathered Thursday at Alta Vista Business Park to unvei...
Pedaling with a partner
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June 10, 2023
Jim Muraco of Carnegie and his 5-year-old son, James, rode a unique bicycle Friday afternoon near the Ebenezer Bridge at Mingo Creek Park. James is riding a trailer bike attached to the seat post of h...
Rozell retires after bringing music to BVA
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June 10, 2023
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com After 32 years of devotion to building the Belle Vernon Area music department from the ground up, the curtains have closed on beloved teacher Michael Rozell’s career. ...
I-70 accident
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June 10, 2023
Rostraver Central Fire Department responded to an accident Friday on Interstate 70 east near Exit 43. One patient was trapped and needed to be extricated using the Jaws of Life rescue system. Rostrave...
Fun night at the ballfield
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June 9, 2023
Young fans came to watch California’s Pinto League baseball game against Bentworth Thursday evening at the California Youth Field. From left are Brielle Rice, 3, Josie Shamay, 5, Layla Tomaino, 6, and...
Donora council meeting called off because of agenda issue
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June 9, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council rescheduled its monthly voting session Thursday after members discovered the meeting was not properly advertised. Solicitor Steve Toprani advised...
Monessen council opposes dissolving ABC
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June 9, 2023
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council talked Thursday about the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi and its ongoing situation with Charleroi council, as the city is the authority’s ...
Monessen sculpture unveiled
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June 9, 2023
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new sculpture at Sixth Street Park in Monessen celebrates the city’s future. The Industrial Arts Workshop commemorated the work of students from the 2021 Summer We...
Mon River Fleet Lions award money at giving ceremony
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June 9, 2023
By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com It doesn’t take a lion to be lionhearted — or maybe it does. The Mon River Fleet Lions Club held its annual giving ceremony Thursday at Di’s Kornerstone Diner i...